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Customer success story: ABN AMRO

ABN AMRO Bank is the third-largest bank in the Netherlands. Realizing a fully optimized rate of return on their people and processes required end-to-end HR solutions and support.

ABM AMRO at a glance

  • Industry: Banking
  • Headquarters: Netherlands
  • Employees: 17,813

Project goals:

  • Standardize HR and payroll processes
  • Drive process efficiency
  • Enhance the employee experience

The challenge: Enhance the employee experience with innovative thinking

ABN AMRO is a personal bank in the digital age. Their purpose: Banking for better, for generations to come. With growth on the agenda, the organization needed to gain better control of its people, processes and data. Lowering risk, increasing efficiency and getting access to better data insights to enhance the employee experience, were all at the top of the HR priority list.

The market demands lower costs, greater efficiency and a sharpened focus on compliance. The AMB AMRO HR team realized it was time for a stronger push for innovation, automation and digitization.

The vision: Remain a top-class employer by delivering a best-in-class employee experience.

To make this happen, the organization needed an agile HR model with the flexibility to adapt to changing needs and the ability to integrate people processes, systems and data on a global scale.

They turned to Alight to make the transformation happen.

The solutions: Deliver, design, deploy and maintain

To provide ABN AMRO with the data-driven insights they’re looking for, Alight will deliver an end-to-end HR and payroll platform based on technology from SAP® SuccessFactors® solutions. The processes and systems used by the bank’s employees for HR-related business will be integrated within the Alight Worklife platform.

By leveraging machine learning, Alight will develop the processes to drive ABN AMRO’s operational and innovation requirements. A dedicated team of Alight specialists will work onsite to deliver a full change management and employee experience program with a seamless transition to the new platform.

Services will include:

  • Omni-channel Employee Service Desk for all employee groups in NL
  • Personnel Administration
  • Workforce Services
  • HR & Payroll Services (including garnishments)
  • Full comprehensive Payroll Services
  • Employee File Management (UKG Document Mngt + eVault)
  • Flexible benefits Engagement Platform (Benify)
  • Process discounts on mortgage in payroll for former employees

A wise investment in a smart partnership

ABN AMRO has a rich history, dating back more than 300 years. You don’t get where they are today by jumping into relationships you don’t trust. Alight has the knowledge, reputation and results the financial leader knew they could bank on. An end-to-end approach and willingness to take on the risk for data, technology and process gaps, gave ABN AMRO the confidence to partner with Alight to take on HR challenges and opportunities.

Together, they’re building an Innovation Roadmap with a problem-solving mindset, to ensure they’re meeting the demands of today and those on the way.

“Our collaboration with Alight means we can meet the needs of our employees even better when it comes to the use of HR systems. This gives us the flexibility that every business needs in times of rapid change and is critical to ensuring business efficiency and reducing risk. With this strategic partnership, we can optimize our people experience even further. At the same time, it offers our organization the necessary flexibility. All while working together with Alight on innovative solutions that continuously improve the overall user experience of our employees.”

Gerard Penning
Chief Human Resources Officer, ABN AMRO

“We are happy and proud of this collaboration. We have the skills, resources and innovation roadmap that create a strong foundation for our cooperation with ABN AMRO as we are getting into this process together.”

Danny Temming
Alight Northern Europe Director

Start the transformation

Optimizing your HR strategy takes an innovative partner you can trust. If you’re ready to transform the way your business and people work, talk to an Alight expert today.

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